Enter your dance crew in a brilliant new digital dance competition led by acclaimed choreographer Blanca Li.
Dancers across the UK are being invited to compete in Dance Your City to win the opportunity to perform in the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The winning group will perform as the opening act on Saturday 3 March for acclaimed Spanish dancer, choreographer and filmmaker Blanca Li , who has choreographed videos for artists including Kanye West, Daft Punk and Blur.
Blanca’s street dance show
Elektro Kif is also coming to The Lowry on 15 & 16 February (along with a
Masterclass workshop open to the public on 16th) and as an added bonus for NorthWest talent, we are adding an extra prize as one of our local entrants will also be chosen to perform at
The Lowry ON STAGE before the performance on 16th February!!!
Blanca Li’s cult feature film
Dance Challenge (2002) opens with an extraordinary head spin in front of France’s iconic Eiffel Tower. Extending this theme, solo dancers and dance groups are challenged to create a one minute dance video in front of an iconic landmark in their city, film it, upload it to the
Dance Your City Facebook page and compete for the chance to perform in an iconic London venue.
The first stage of the Dance Your City competition is a public online vote via Facebook to select the top six entries; these dancers will then perform in the live final at Southbank Centre on Friday 2 March 2012 in front of a public audience and a panel of judges including Blanca Li, Kenrick from hip-hop dance group Boy Blue, Southbank Centre’s Head of Dance and Performance Wendy Martin, a representative from ZooNation and a representative from Breakin Convention.
The ultimate winner will then go on to perform a three minute piece on stage in Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre as an opener for Blanca Li’s Elektro Kif show on Saturday 3 March. The winning dancer or group will also receive 20 hours of rehearsal time in the dance studio at Southbank Centre or at one of the tour venues across the UK.
The Dance Your City competition ends on 6 February 2012 and the six finalists will be announced on 10 February 2012.*
The local dancer or dancers who receive the most public votes will be invited to perform at The Lowry on 16 February unless the dancer/group is one of the six finalists invited to perfom in London,where in this case the dancer/group with the second highest number of votes will be invited to perform at The Lowry.
*Please note:
The dance cannnot exceed 15 minutes.
Winning entrants will need to pay their own travel and accommodation expenses for both performances and adhere to the schedule and technical settings of Blanca Li Dance Company.
Twitter hashtag: #danceyourcity
Click
here for more info about Elektro Kif and Blanca Li
Click
here for tickets to the performance at The Lowry on 15th or 16th Feb 2012
. Special offer just announced for young people under the age of 26 - only £5 a ticket!!
Click
here to book onto the Elektro Kif Masterclass at The Lowry on 16th Feb 2012